Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

A bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world

“Scrupulous scholarship and a rattling good tale.” —Wall Street Journal

The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain’s Age of Empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English language, and institutions of representative government—all these can be traced back to the...